Water in israel
A 'stab in the back': Israel's refusal to extend Jordanian water agreement may spark crisis
The 1994 peace treaty signed by Amman and Jerusalem required Israel to supply Jordan with 50 million cubic meters of water annually, an amount doubled in a 2021 commitment that expired in 2025.
Turning ideas into products: Mekorot and Google Cloud's innovation hackathon
Mekorot raises NIS 1.75 billion after bond offering draws NIS 3 billion in demand
Mekorot acquires wastewater facilities in Ashkelon and Netivot to support southern growth
Tropical Fish and Flowers in the Desert?
Israel is first in wastewater reuse, but Palestinians are last
Water and wastewater management cannot and need not wait for a political settlement, and the public, must demand from our governments to act now.
Should we make the desert bloom?
Is the desert ‘nothingness that needs to be conquered’ or a unique environment we should protect? The long ecological history of the Negev might hold the key to the answer.
UN official: Israeli-Palestinian water talks important for two-state solution
Palestinians and Israelis agreed Sunday to Joint Water Committee activities after a six-year freeze, hoping to update the area's aging infrastructure.
Israeli farmers protest government’s agriculture policies, water prices
"The supermarket chains are greedy and the farmers and consumers are paying the price."
JNF-USA water expedition exposes global professionals to Israeli expertise, innovation
"It’s a miracle that Israel has solved a 2,000-year-old problem."
Israeli researchers estimating effects of estrogens in water supply
The effects on humans of estrogens excreted in the urine that washes into rivers and sewage systems is not certain, but environmentalists worry about harmful effects on male fish.
The Dead Sea’s right to life
The power-generating canal Theodore Herzl envisioned has become imperative to avert environmental calamity.
Israeli solar tech could make clean water a global reality
The Jerusalem-based SunDwater, whose standalone system harnesses heat through concentrated solar power, now has two fully operational pre-production models purifying water in the Arava Desert.
Desalinated sea water linked to iodine deficiency
Some 300 million people around the world get their potable water from 17,000 desalination plants in 150 countries, including Israel.